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a black outline and the letters sh on their face right there for sandy hook. the lady huskies will wear the game patch in their game tomorrow. >> nicely done. >>> a mother and her children in georgia are about to send some love to newtown, in the form of teddy bears and other stuffed animals, as well. >> it's a work of michelle and her 9-year-old son and 5-year-old daughter. they collected more than 100 stuffed animals already and they'll continue collecting them for the next couple of days. >>> and further north in north carolina, 26 christmas trees are being prepared to be sent to connecticut. they were set up just outside the fire department in sanford, north carolina and decorated with hand made ornaments. >> the organizer said she got involved because she's a mother and her worst fear as a mother would be to lose a child. >> i got involved because i wanted the family to know that there is goodness in this world and through this tragedy, i wanted them to feel love from all over. >> she says she's hoping more people will feel compelled to donate more orname
a black outline and the letters sh on their face right there for sandy hook. the lady huskies will wear the game patch in their game tomorrow. >> nicely done. >>> a mother and her children in georgia are about to send some love to newtown, in the form of teddy bears and other stuffed animals, as well. >> it's a work of michelle and her 9-year-old son and 5-year-old daughter. they collected more than 100 stuffed animals already and they'll continue collecting them for the...
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millions of students and parents across the country in the wake of sandy hook. stay with us, everybody. you're watching "world news now." >>> "world news now" continues after this from our abc ♪ >>> welcome back, everyone. it is easy to forget that christmas is just one week away, and schools, they're in their final days before holiday break. >> doesn't seem a lot like christmas time. but none of those days are likely to be as nerve-racking as yesterday was. that was the first day back since the connecticut shootings. abc's amy robach reports on what was an anxious monday for many. >> reporter: parents around innation dropped their children off at school. many holding on a little more tightly. a day of jitters. schools from new york to tennessee to texas all went on alert after fear ignited several false alarms, some bomb threats. others as minor as an umbrella mistaken for a gun. an elementary school in richfield, connecticut, just 20 miles from newtown, went into lockdown after someone reported a suspicious person. security on the minds of principal, it was
millions of students and parents across the country in the wake of sandy hook. stay with us, everybody. you're watching "world news now." >>> "world news now" continues after this from our abc ♪ >>> welcome back, everyone. it is easy to forget that christmas is just one week away, and schools, they're in their final days before holiday break. >> doesn't seem a lot like christmas time. but none of those days are likely to be as nerve-racking as...
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she said after hurricane sandy, her son was given a teddy bear that helped him cope. so she organized a toy drive called operation kid comfort. they drove bags full of bears right there to newtown. >> that's the thing is our things are material. houses, cars and the stuff. and this is a loss that no one can really -- there's no words for the loss that this town is feeling. basically, we've had so much help, we wanted to pay it forward. >> and over the weekend, men of the bridgeport sound tigers changed their names to honor the children murdered in that sandy hook tragedy. the hockey team donned all black uniforms with the names of the 20 schoolchildren right there on the back. >> an outpouring of support. >>> overseas now to afghanistan. abc news learned a top navy s.e.a.l. commander has died. his death is being investigated right now as a suicide. military officials say he died of a gunshot wound to the head. price was a member of s.e.a.l. team 4, which is a special navy warfare unit. commander price was from potstown, pennsylvania. >>> a senator from idaho is apolog
she said after hurricane sandy, her son was given a teddy bear that helped him cope. so she organized a toy drive called operation kid comfort. they drove bags full of bears right there to newtown. >> that's the thing is our things are material. houses, cars and the stuff. and this is a loss that no one can really -- there's no words for the loss that this town is feeling. basically, we've had so much help, we wanted to pay it forward. >> and over the weekend, men of the bridgeport...
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officials still aren't sure if sandy hook elementary will ever reopen. at a wake for victoria soto, hundreds of mourners stood in a line that wrapped around a funeral home in nearby stratford. >> vicki was the ringleader of the family. she was vibrant, full of life. >> reporter: it was a somber day for many parents here in newtown, connecticut, who sent their students back to school for the first time since friday. sandy hook elementary remains closed, and a second elementary school was kept closed for precautionary reasons. >> i will always be worried but now it's very bad. >> reporter: at st. rosa lima catholic church, back-to-back funerals. as the service ends for 6-year-old james mattioli, the small white casket is placed back in the hearse. several minutes later, another casket, this one for jessica rekos carried inside the church. two others, charlotte and daniel, also had services. the body of 6-year-old emilie parker returned with her family to her home state of utah. in the neighboring town of monroe, volunteers continue preparing chalk ll middl
officials still aren't sure if sandy hook elementary will ever reopen. at a wake for victoria soto, hundreds of mourners stood in a line that wrapped around a funeral home in nearby stratford. >> vicki was the ringleader of the family. she was vibrant, full of life. >> reporter: it was a somber day for many parents here in newtown, connecticut, who sent their students back to school for the first time since friday. sandy hook elementary remains closed, and a second elementary school...
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. >> when that horrible monster tried to shoot his way into sandy hook school, that if a good guy with a gun had been there, he might have been able to stop him. >> we don't want to turn our schools into dodge cities. >> reporter: at least one school district in new jersey placed armed guards in each school over the governor's objection. >> you don't want to make this an armed camp for kids. i don't think that's a positive example. >> such an interesting debate. you feel like we have to do something to prevent another tragedy like the one we saw in newtown. but folks say you don't want to make campuses feel like police states. and can schools afford these days to put armed patrolman in every campus? or every door and school. you don't know where it's going to go from here. >> most people agree on the idea of high magazine clips. why would you need 50 rounds. but most people agree on new gun control after newtown, gun sales skyrocketing. one store in virginia saying they've been off the charts. they've never seen anything like that before. just within the last week. >> watching the head
. >> when that horrible monster tried to shoot his way into sandy hook school, that if a good guy with a gun had been there, he might have been able to stop him. >> we don't want to turn our schools into dodge cities. >> reporter: at least one school district in new jersey placed armed guards in each school over the governor's objection. >> you don't want to make this an armed camp for kids. i don't think that's a positive example. >> such an interesting debate....
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and one up to hit by hurricane sandy was under water once again. in sea bright, new jersey, heavy tide filled basements with flad waters several feet deep. and in the south, tornado survivors are cleaning up the damage as abc's matt gutman has this report. >> reporter: this video from a wall greens from here in mobile showing is very gut of a tornado. the wind first blasts around debris. then the funnel, dense with debr debris, begins sucking in cars, slamming them down. inside, this man in uniform, poking his head outside. then the sprint to safety. miraculously, no one was seriously hurt here or in centerville, mississippi. >> get inside! it's coming through. >> reporter: where a three-mile long twister ripped through trees and houses, stretching from texas to the carolinas, reportedly more than three dozen tornadoes packing winds up to 140 miles per hour with more than 400 homes damaged or destroyed in alabama alone. they're boarding up at mobile's murphy high school but n closing down. matt gutman, abc news, mobile, alabama. >> you look at all
and one up to hit by hurricane sandy was under water once again. in sea bright, new jersey, heavy tide filled basements with flad waters several feet deep. and in the south, tornado survivors are cleaning up the damage as abc's matt gutman has this report. >> reporter: this video from a wall greens from here in mobile showing is very gut of a tornado. the wind first blasts around debris. then the funnel, dense with debr debris, begins sucking in cars, slamming them down. inside, this man...
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just days after the shooting at sandy hook elementary. but well wishers are doing their best to try and reach out. abc's linsey davis reports. >> reporter: a town in need of christmas cheer got it from across the country. in sparta, wisconsin, we saw these 26 snow angels, each for tin sent lives lost in newtown. each with a name and age. from kalamazoo, michigan, 700 bracelets from a business and students headed to newtown. flower seeds inside each of those smiling faces for the community to wear and plant. and for the newtown police department, officers around connecticut banning together, volunteering to work on christmas day so every newtown officer can have the day off with their family. and at their town hall, mountains of donated toys from all over the country. even hurricane sandy victims sending comfort and kindness from what little they have left. nearly two months since sandy and many still live without power. volunteers going door to door. one family said they just wanted a christmas tree for their children. so volunteers from
just days after the shooting at sandy hook elementary. but well wishers are doing their best to try and reach out. abc's linsey davis reports. >> reporter: a town in need of christmas cheer got it from across the country. in sparta, wisconsin, we saw these 26 snow angels, each for tin sent lives lost in newtown. each with a name and age. from kalamazoo, michigan, 700 bracelets from a business and students headed to newtown. flower seeds inside each of those smiling faces for the community...
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sandy hook elementary remains closed. a second elementary school was kept closed for precautionary reasons. >> i will always be worried but now it's very bad. >> reporter: at st. rosa lima catholic church, back-to-back funerals as the service ends for 6-year-old james mattioli, the small white casket is placed back in the hearse. several minutes later, another casket, this one for jessica rekos carried inside the church. two others, charlotte and daniel, also had services. the body of 6-year-old emilie parker returned with her family to her home state of utah. in the neighboring town of monroe, volunteers continue preparing chalk hill middle school for the sandy hook students to attend. >> i want to give the children the opportunity to see their new school and become as comfortable as they can in that new area. >> reporter: the criminal investigation is proceeding as authorities comb through every inch of gunman adam lanza's life, searching for clues that could explain what triggered friday's massacre. those students will
sandy hook elementary remains closed. a second elementary school was kept closed for precautionary reasons. >> i will always be worried but now it's very bad. >> reporter: at st. rosa lima catholic church, back-to-back funerals as the service ends for 6-year-old james mattioli, the small white casket is placed back in the hearse. several minutes later, another casket, this one for jessica rekos carried inside the church. two others, charlotte and daniel, also had services. the body...
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hundreds of people waited in lines to pay their respects to sandy hook principal dawn hochsprung, who, of course, died, as she protected her students. just this endless line of funerals. just to see the grief there. >> there have been so many. with 26 victims, i assume we still have some more to go. >> oh, yeah. not done just yet. a few more days of this. i heard of something awful. not to change the mood too much. i pulled this up, too. there was a fake website out there that was raising money for one of the deceased little boys and it came to the family's attention. and they obviously were outraged and rightfully reported to it police. >> it was noah pozner. the 6-year-old little boy. >> before you donate to anything, folks, make sure it's legit, because there is scum out there that would take advantage even of a tragedy like this. >> scam artists. >> so don't believe everything on the internet. >> despicable yet again. >> be careful what you donate to. just make sure it's legit, that's all. >> now a special offering from one of the nation's best elementary school choruses. they are
hundreds of people waited in lines to pay their respects to sandy hook principal dawn hochsprung, who, of course, died, as she protected her students. just this endless line of funerals. just to see the grief there. >> there have been so many. with 26 victims, i assume we still have some more to go. >> oh, yeah. not done just yet. a few more days of this. i heard of something awful. not to change the mood too much. i pulled this up, too. there was a fake website out there that was...
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street band kicked things off, rocking madison square garden, as the 12-12-12 concert for sandy relief got under way. ♪ it's now or never >> reporter: it is a star-studded show. raising money for residents of the tristate area, still suffering after the storm. >> the damage from sandy was as much as $70 billion. our national and local governments are responding but it's just not enough, which is why we're here tonight. >> reporter: the money raised here will go to an organization called the robin hood relief fund, and then it will be distributed to sandy's hardest hit areas. ♪ get you on your feet again >> reporter: the stars helping out have strong personal connections to the region. many are either current residents of the tristate area or many grew up here. ♪ but tomorrow there will be sunshine ♪ >> reporter: no one is more associated with new jersey than the boss and the members of his band. >> yes, it's a little bit more personal because literally the jersey shore where we grew up. >> reporter: the jersey shore hit hard by the storms. residents there and people here acknow
street band kicked things off, rocking madison square garden, as the 12-12-12 concert for sandy relief got under way. ♪ it's now or never >> reporter: it is a star-studded show. raising money for residents of the tristate area, still suffering after the storm. >> the damage from sandy was as much as $70 billion. our national and local governments are responding but it's just not enough, which is why we're here tonight. >> reporter: the money raised here will go to an...
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a town already battered by hurricane sandy. the streets flooded again. and back here in syracuse, crews have cleared many of the main roads, moving these mountains of snow. but the fear now is that temperatures drop and the slush will turn to ice, making travel more difficult. authorities say if you don't have to be out here, stay home. john schriffen, abc news. syracuse, new york. >> john braving those winter storms to bring you that story. colder weather is on the way this weekend. >> it is a one-two punch for travelers out there. our coverage continues with accuweather and meteorologist jim dicky. good morning, jim. >> good morning. our next storm system taking shape through the day. in the form of two storms. one area of low pressure rolling out of the gulf of mexico, bringing rain to the lower mississippi valley. stronger storms in the afternoon in southern louisiana. and a weak area of low pressure tracks its way out of the midwest, bringing light snow across the great lakes. the two combine forces here. through the night, we'll see 1 to 3 inches i
a town already battered by hurricane sandy. the streets flooded again. and back here in syracuse, crews have cleared many of the main roads, moving these mountains of snow. but the fear now is that temperatures drop and the slush will turn to ice, making travel more difficult. authorities say if you don't have to be out here, stay home. john schriffen, abc news. syracuse, new york. >> john braving those winter storms to bring you that story. colder weather is on the way this weekend....
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and heartache as newtown says goodbye to four more children whose lives were cut short last week at sandy hook elementary school. >> there shouldn't be a reason for a coffin that small, really. i think that, like, you have to just come and say good-bye. >> reporter: families crowded into this funeral home for 6-year-old jesse lewis. just down the block another funeral for 6-year-old benjamin wheeler. they formed an honor guard with mitchell playing taps. >> i played for some in the past and it's hard, but i feel it's an honor. >> reporter: there were also funerals for catherine hubbard, the little girl with fiery red hair who loved animals and 6-year-old allison wyatt who wanted to become an artist. also being laid to rest, heroic teachers anne marie murphy who was found cradling the body of one of her students. vice president joe biden wasted no time leading the task force created by president obama to find ways to prevent mass shootings. by first meeting with law enforcement. >> even if we can save one life, we have to take action. >> reporter: strangers from across the country continue
and heartache as newtown says goodbye to four more children whose lives were cut short last week at sandy hook elementary school. >> there shouldn't be a reason for a coffin that small, really. i think that, like, you have to just come and say good-bye. >> reporter: families crowded into this funeral home for 6-year-old jesse lewis. just down the block another funeral for 6-year-old benjamin wheeler. they formed an honor guard with mitchell playing taps. >> i played for some...